The Gai Waterhouse and Adrian Bott-trained Stampede followed his win in the recent Wagga Wagga Gold Cup (Listed, 2000m) with another good front-running win here. He came across steadily from his wide barrier (12) to cross to the lead shortly after passing the winning post for the first time. His rider Kerrin McEvoy lifted the tempo nearing the 600m and Stampede then kept fighting back gamely for a really good win. The Mick Price-trained The Chairman was a handy third before putting pressure on the leader coming to the home turn and continued to battle gamely for a good second, just finding the winner (whom conceded him 2kg) too good. The New Zealand-trained Chocante raced in fourth place, went to third at the home turn and held on well to take the minor placing in a sound effort at his first Australian start.
Previous Winners
| Date | Horse | Jockey | WT | Trainer | BP |
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REAL LOVE
(AUS)
5M DESERT KING (IRE) - FLAMING HEART (AUS) SALIERI (USA) |
B RAWILLER | 56.5 | DARREN WEIR | 6 |
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EPINGLE
(NZ)
7M PINS (AUS) - ETOILE DU NORD (NZ) ZABEEL (NZ) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 57.5 | MICHAEL KENT | 8 |
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PRETTY PINS
(NZ)
5M PINS (AUS) - LUNA TUDOR (AUS) MILITARY PLUME (NZ) |
R WIGGINS | 54.0 | JOHN P THOMPSON | 13 |
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QUINTESSENTIAL
(NZ)
4M FAST 'N' FAMOUS (AUS) - FLORETTE (USA) SWORD DANCE (IRE) |
D J BROWNE | 57.5 | J G SARGENT | 13 |
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HUME
(NZ)
8G ZABEEL (NZ) - LOLETTE (GB) ARAZI (USA) |
S GALLOWAY | 54.0 | BRIAN SMITH | 5 |
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HUMMA
(AUS)
7G IGLESIA (AUS) - BLUE LADY (AUS) WESTERN SYMPHONY (USA) |
L V CASSIDY | 53.5 | ROBERT HEATHCOTE | 5 |
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CROSSTHESTART
(NZ)
5G CAPE CROSS (IRE) - STARTLING LADY (NZ) GOLD AND IVORY (USA) |
C MUNCE | 55.0 | BEVAN & RICHARD LAMING | 15 |
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BALLACK
(NZ)
5G MONTJEU (IRE) - TREPHINA (AUS) LAST TYCOON (IRE) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 55.0 | DANNY O'BRIEN | 7 |
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FULMONTI
(NZ)
5G MONTJEU (IRE) - GROSVENOR'S PRIDE (NZ) GROSVENOR (NZ) |
R MC MAHON | 53.0 | CHRIS JORDAN | 7 |
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MANDELA
(NZ)
5G EBONY GROSVE (NZ) - WAIRONGOA BELLE (NZ) SEA ANCHOR (IRE) |
D BEADMAN | 55.0 | RICHARD YUILL | 16 |
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ART SUCCESS
(NZ)
4G PENTIRE (GB) - ZABELETTE (NZ) ZAFONIC (USA) |
A PATTILLO | 52.5 | JOHN COLLINS | 15 |
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ZINGAM
(NZ)
5G ZABEEL (NZ) - DANENDRI (AUS) DANEHILL (USA) |
HUGH BOWMAN | 56.0 | G H WALTER | 6 |
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SO ASSERTIVE
(NZ)
4G ZABEEL (NZ) - ASSERTIVE LASS (AUS) ZEDITAVE (AUS) |
C MUNCE | 54.5 | MS G WATERHOUSE | 11 |
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ANOTHER WARRIOR
(AUS)
4H BRAVE WARRIOR (AUS) - KATE BE GOOD (AUS) SEMIPALATINSK (USA) |
J BYRNE | 52.5 | ALAN BAILEY | 3 |
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SOCIETY BEAU
(NZ)
4G BIGSTONE (IRE) - SOCIETY BAY (NZ) ZEPHYR NEKE (AUS) |
DAMIEN OLIVER | 53.5 | MARK WALKER | 12 |
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CITI HABIT
(NZ)
4H CITIDANCER (IRE) - CERTAIN HABIT (NZ) ASHABIT (GB) |
L V CASSIDY | 52.0 | RANGI BRUCE MARSH | 3 |
